Triumph On The River: Outward Bound Veterans
There is clarity here—found in the crystal blue glacier water and up along the golden ridges and swaying pines separating land from sky. It also emerges from the words and playful anticipation of those who have arrived—out of uniform—to canoe the braided channels and rapids of the historic North Saskatchewan River.
For some of the veterans, the 106-kilometre journey down through the Alberta foothills to Rocky Mountain House is definitely about stepping outside the comfort zone. After all, this is wilderness. It is bear country, too, and not everyone is comfortable with that or paddling through white water that could make you swim. For others, it is not so much an endurance test as a chance to “get away” and breathe in the indiscriminate power and restorative qualities of nature with ...
